Boing Boing: Virtual ants simulated in Second Life

Boing Boing: Virtual ants simulated in Second Life: "Wagner James Au sez, 'A programming student created this ultracool video demonstrating his ant colony simulation in Second Life; he's programmed his ants to have different behavior states, so they can coordinate their food gathering. 'The behavior is arguably emergent,' he says, 'because the ants only interact locally and follow local state-based rules, yet they end up working together to harvest food.''"